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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1935
Page
4
A rich heiress hides her wealth from a modest suitor to protect their budding romance. She fears disclosure could drive him away, while he pursues studies of a struggling architect, hoping for a future marriage. The letters also cover advice on relationships and coping with loss from readers.
Mrs. Mary Weston of Edgewood was honored at a Christmas dinner hosted by her daughter Mrs. Delbert J. Wilson. Guests included Mr and Mrs Ted Clark and daughter Dorothy, the Eckhart and Lint families from Marion and Marshalltown, the Phelps and Rulon households, the Farmer and Minkler families, and several other Edgewood residents and relatives.
The Federated Guild will meet Friday at the citzen annex with officers presiding. Hostesses are Mrs Olive Keller and Mrs Frieda Seyfert. Twenty two relatives gathered at the event honoring Mrs Luella Hoff and Mrs Sabina Filler for supper Christmas.
Manchester Weaners capture top honors in seventh and eighth grade contests with stories and plays led by Pierce Mi Cloud Jean Wiltne and Ruth Bridge Arlene Hansel. social highlights include holiday gatherings hosted by Mr and Mrs Archie Lymen Mrs Rainh Milroy and the Dell Paris family plus visits from Mrs A Knee of Omaha.
The Postville neighborhood scene includes the Postville Tne Club meeting at Miss Carolne Campbell’s home and a Neighborhood club event at Mr and Mrs Charles Wegner’s residence. Birth anniversaries for Mr Wegner and Mrs Henry Wilke were noted with many attendees. Ada Schultz hosted a pupil and parent Christmas party at her home and guests joined the Meier family for a surprise 37th Poling anniversary celebration with local families.
Oelwein communities elect officers for Big Sisters class and Sacred Heart St Ann’s circle. Notables include Silence Faulsom president and Mrs Rice secretary. College students spending vacation in town cited among locals visiting and hosting guests from Chicago.
Instructions explain assembling a May calendar quilt block with detailed pattern placement notes for flowers A B C and accompanying leaves. Directions cover cutting allowances embroidery colors, assembling steps, and how to request the month sheet from The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Oxford ass Margaret Ann Schrader hosted a Christmas party for dance pupils at the auditorium last Saturday. Bir and Mrs Homer Nunn celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary with a dinner Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Nelson Taylor attended Cedar Rapids anniversaries for Mr and Mrs William Zachary and Mr and Mrs Muallers. Everett Neal hosted the Johnson county rural mail carriers and auxiliaries at a Lone Tree Christmas party last Friday. The final card party of a Woman's Order of Foresters series occurred Tuesday with Mrs Will Donohue and others as hostesses. Dr and Mrs R J Hermes and Mr and Mrs John Nunn held a bridge party Monday with high scores for Mrs Harold Clearman and Homer Nunn. Dr WH Reynolds won the consolation prize. The Woman's Order of Foresters held their annual Christmas party Thursday and bid farewell to Mrs Laurence Burns moving near West Branch.
McGregor Masons and Eastern Star members hosted a dance and card party at the Masonic building. The Tourist club held a Christmas meeting at Mrs W Myers home with a play Shattered Nerves by Mrs Schroeder and Mrs Chambers. Young holiday visitors include Coon at Harvard, Fisk in Kansas City, Knaak at Sun Prairie, Koe Knaak at Wisconsin, Noble sisters, Huebsch, Schroeder at Coe, Ruth Coon at Iowa and Elizabeth Myers teaching.
High school at Lamoille lists students and teachers including Marie Elwell Win nematic Conn Regina Brennan Grand Forks Minn Winifred Richards Idaho Falls Idaho Margaret Daubenberger Chicago artist and Anna Mae Pilkington University of Iowa. Mr and Mrs C B Niemeyer and daughters Betty and Lois visit the W H Hagensick home in Fairhope Alabama. Evelyn Watson returns to Great Falls Montana after visiting with Mrs Charles Kramer. Mrs Claire Hoyt and daughter Betty of Lovell Wyoming visit Mrs Gerald Connell. Mrs Paul Kossack hosts bridge club with high scores by Mrs Kossack Mrs W A Martin and Mrs Marie McDevitt.
Mrs L J Hoepfner hosted Kill Kare Klub members with high card scores by Hoepfner Andrews and Elizabeth Miller. A Christmas dinner at Mrs Mary Stein's home drew Mr and Mrs William Snechloth Cedar Rapids. Henry Broendel Lucille Richter H Stein family. O H Huyck home guests included Mrs Earl Bull Naomi Doebel and F C Heinrichs family.
Webster Mrs Clifford Snakenberg, Mrs Pearl Frey, Bessie Frey and Mrs Della Reinert hosted a Saturday shower for Mrs Elenor Harris of Chicago. Harris was Miss Elenor Snakenberg before her recent marriage with about fifty guests present.
Geneva Engleman daughter of Dr. A A Engleman wed Harley W Howell son of Cumberland Iowa residents in a M E church ceremony. Rev J C Porath officiated the single ring service with H Murray Baylor at the piano. The couple will reside in Chicago after January 1 with plans for a dinner at the bride’s home following the ceremony.
Elwood residents hosted a Sunday school class gathering with Lois Schultz in charge. Attendees included Irene Jansen Pauline Bright Madge Martin Betty Jane Loitz Yvonne Loitz Charline Mortensen Myrna Schepers Doris Leitz Myrtle Waugh Ethel Scott Helen Creger and Mrs Gertrude Ruthenbeck. The Michigan club then entertained a large group at the Community hall with many listed members and guests.
Mr and Mrs Carlos J Fawcett and son Wayne of Boston are holiday visitors at West Branch. They hosted a Christmas dinner for his sister Mrs W S Maxson and guests included the Maxsons Mary Fawcett Cecil Fawcett Ken and Kae Rock Island and F L Pearson family. The Fawcetts hosted a dinner for her parents W H Kennedy E L Gregg and George Kennedy along with others. Frank E Corbin Jr hosted a Christmas dinner for her parents H M Morgan Cosgrove and family. Glenn Hoffman hosted the annual Albin gathering on Christmas day with several Albin relatives and other guests.
A string of Earlville events rounds up a busy holiday week. Mrs. Wilma Ham hosted the Easy Aces Bridge Club Christmas party with Madeline Matthews winning high score and Made line Seger taking the traveling prize. Epworth League and the Chain of Ten club hosted gatherings, while Mrs. Robert McDowell hosted a quilting and dinner party and post nuptial shower for her daughter Mrs. Alfred Timmermann. Mr and Mrs Cyrus Kenny hosted a turkey dinner with guests including Henry Kenny and Arnold, Paul Gueilget, and Worthington and Manchester visitors.
Millersburg residents share Christmas at home with relatives. Millersburg Menzo Hatter, studying at the State University of Missouri, visits his mother Mrs. R. M. Hatter over the holidays. Various local families host dinners, including the Schultz, Conaway, Dansdill, Chambers, Coakley, and Miller households, with members from North English and Baton Rouge joining for the season.
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